boomerang
Guru
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2016
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- Location
- united states
- Vessel Name
- Wandering Star
- Vessel Make
- PSN40
This year Liz & I are going to explore some more of North Carolina's scenic waterways for our summer cruise. Our plan is to leave from our home dock on the Chesapeake and make our way south, via the Dismal Swamp Canal stopping in Belhaven, possibly Oriental and Beaufort, NC being the Southernmost point of this trip. Yes, I'm going to eat my hat after saying never again and we're going to give the Dismal Swamp route another go since last years voyage through endless seas of duckweed & downed trees in the upper Pasquotank River!
We would like to come back via Core sound. We like cruising new-to-us territories which is why we settled on a smaller, keel-protected boat like ours.
We're looking for opinions on the logistics of making the trip back through Core Sound with a relatively shallow draft boat as ours. Looking at the chart, the waters appear to get a little skinny and the channel vague in some areas between Beaufort & Pamlico Sound. We're not to worried about touching the bottom with our keel if it happens and I feel I'm confident in making wise decisions when cruising waters with which we're not familiar (when in doubt, slow down! ) but again ,what we're looking for is advice on if it's even worthwhile to entertain the idea of this route.
Your knowledgeable insight is appreciated!
We would like to come back via Core sound. We like cruising new-to-us territories which is why we settled on a smaller, keel-protected boat like ours.
We're looking for opinions on the logistics of making the trip back through Core Sound with a relatively shallow draft boat as ours. Looking at the chart, the waters appear to get a little skinny and the channel vague in some areas between Beaufort & Pamlico Sound. We're not to worried about touching the bottom with our keel if it happens and I feel I'm confident in making wise decisions when cruising waters with which we're not familiar (when in doubt, slow down! ) but again ,what we're looking for is advice on if it's even worthwhile to entertain the idea of this route.
Your knowledgeable insight is appreciated!